Uber hires Google search veteran Singhal for senior engineering post

By Heather Somerville SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc. has hired the man behind Google search to work closely with Chief Executive Travis Kalanick and help grow the company's self-driving car program. Amit Singhal announced on his personal blog on Friday that he will join Uber after 15 years at Alphabet Inc. , where he led Google's search division. Singhal will take the post of senior vice president of engineering, and will act as an adviser to both Kalanick